Research
ECIC faculty is involved in a wide spectrum of research projects from the pre-hospital setting to rehabilitation, encompassing both unintentional and intentional injuries.
Some topics include:
- Primary prevention of elder falls
- Screening for intimate partner violence
- Prevention of PTSD in trauma patients
- Determining the economic cost of injuries
- Traumatic brain injury
- Pre-hospital care
ECIC Research Portfolio
One of the key components of any Injury Control Research Center is to conduct innovative violence and unintentional injury prevention research. To this end, the ECIC has assembled a comprehensive research portfolio that is explicitly multidisciplinary and multi-institutional in character and focused on current CDC priorities.
- Preventive Intervention for Victims of School-Based Bullying
Georgia State University
Joel Meyers, Ph.D.
Project Description - Acute Care Early Intervention in the Emergency Department
Emory University
Barbara O. Rothbaum, Ph.D., ABPP
Project Description 
Valuing Child Maltreatment Outcomes for Use in Economic Evaluations
University of Georgia
Phaedra S. Corso, Ph.D., MPA
Project Description
Young Drivers in Georgia: Before and After the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act
Emory University
Nancy J. Thompson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Project Description
Preclinical Assessment of Progesterone Treatment for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Emory University
Donald Stein, Ph.D.
Project Description
Faculty Seed Grant Program
We have created a multi-disciplinary Faculty Seed Grant Program to facilitate and promote innovation, preliminary and interdisciplinary research activities to yield future high-impact injury prevention research. The 4 categories of grants are designed to provide incentives and support for researchers to work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams and community members on projects that can lead to larger grant proposals related to violence and injury prevention or that support the preparation of a larger grant proposal.
- One-year Pilot Grants (up to $20,000)
- Grant Application Awards ($5,000)
- Community-based, Capacity-building and Translation Research Grants (up to $20,000)
- Cooperative Grant ($20,000)
Each year applications will be due by November 15th for a funding period of one year (February – January). For more details, please check our website in the Fall to download the grant application.
Congratulations to our 2010 Grantees!!!
Frank Franklin, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine:
Community Disadvantage, Primary Care, and Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization
Abigail Hankin, MD, MPH, Emory University:
Development and Validation of an Emergency Department Screening Tool for Predicting Risk of Violent Injury Among Adolescents
Kyle Steenland, PhD, Emory University:
Analysis of Atlanta Emergency Room Visits for Injury by Socioeconomic Status
Rob Stephenson, PhD, Emory University:
Intimate Partner Violence Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Social Context and Risk Taking
Dan Whitaker, PhD, Georgia State University:
Using Technology to Enhance SafeCare Training: Pilot Study
Injury Research Funding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.grants.gov
Office of Violence Against Women
www.ovw.usdoj.gov/ovwgrantprograms.htm